nose manuals, anyone got any tips?

[mem_182]

Hey, jus wondering if anyone had some good tips on how to do a decent nose manual, i can't quite get the hang of them :???:
cheers

[Grimace]

disk brakes are a blessing for nose mannys

jsut try and find your balence point

[TokSik]

It's all about adjusting your body weight and feathering your front brake. Try them on grass so if you go over the bars you and your bike wont take a lot of abuse.

[Mr. Charles]

not to be off topic, but the other day, i was watching some BMX vid, and a dude pulled a backwards rear wheel manual for like 15 feet off a 4 footer to land rear wheel manual fowards.

nuts.

[tazzmenn]

BMX vid, and a dude pulled a backwards rear wheel manual for like 15 feet off a 4 footer to land rear wheel manual fowards.

sweet

[crazybmxer12]

nose manuals are fun, till you flip over

[bobnug]

the way i learned is get to a steep enough hill where you don't need to go at it with much speed at all and you can keep going, like a skaepark, most ramps seem to be at a good angle

[Rexington420]

lean forward towards you stem and kinda hump it a LITTLE and feather your break so you don't get to vertical and coast..... see if any of that helps

[mem_182]

cheers for that guys, ill give it a try :P

[m33p]

Tip number one. Don't do them they kill ure bike.

[Kootenay Hack]

If you stand up, it will be much easier. When you grab your front brake, to bring your back end up, your seat will hit you in the ass. This is where the balnce point is. Seat not touching ass, rear end not high enough. Seat pushing your ass over bars, gone too far.

This tip was given to me and it helped me out big time.:cool:

[SpynkS]

most important thing would be to find ur balance point obviously. just takes practice

in terms of body postition, find pics and vids of people doing them and observe and learn from them

DONT BE AFRAID OF FALLING OVER, IT'S PART OF LEARNING WHERE THE BALANCE POINT IS

later

[mem_182]

how do u actually keep moving as you're doing them? i can get the back up and balance but i end up jus dropping the back without going anywhere.

[Bonecracker]

the less weight u put on the pedals the less braking power u have to use letting u go longer if u can find the perfect balance point,as well as u have to feather ur brake and lean mor towards ur handlebars kinda put ur waist up to the bars

[Bonecracker]

aslo try and learn them on a grass hill about 30 or so feet long and not to steep...yet hills make it easier to practice on so u can learn to carry them will momentum and then makes it easier on flat ground were the hardest part is starting cause thats were u use most braking power to start it thus u lose alot of speed were as a hill u can keep it goin

[Incorrigible]

I like that: "don't be afraid of falling over". That was true once.

Also, somebody told me the other day that if you lift the back up before you apply any brake, it will help you. I have found this to be true, although personally I can do it about 5 feet at this point.

[SpynkS]

that may help, but i dont really do that. i just brake and bring the back up at the same time

also i think the back's coming down and u're not moving forward because u're pushing ur weight back. an endo is different, u put ur weight forward, then backward

in a stoppie u gotta keep having it kinda forward obviously and feather ur brake

[mem_182]

thanks guys, im (slowly) starting to get the hang of it tho im lucky if i get a couple of feet! but im gonna keep trying.